Posts Tagged ‘adrian peterson’

Make no mistake, Adrian Peterson is a future Hall of Famer. He has made a career dominating defenses to the tune of 11,747 career rushing yards and 97 touchdowns. The lions have given up 1,490 of those yards and 11 touchdowns. All of this through 14 games spanning 8 seasons (minus any season Peterson was […]

Two teams going in different directions will take to the field Sunday in a NFC North battle, as the Lions travel to Minnesota to take on the Vikings. It’s the second matchup between the two teams this season, the first time around the Vikings won in Ford Field, stopping the Lions offense and scoring seconds […]

Typically when divisional foes meet for the second time in a season there is a level of familiarity between the two teams from their previous matchup. The Lions and Vikings are the exception to that logic this season. In the first meeting in Week 3 Donovan McNabb was the Vikings starter and now he’s not […]

The Lions have spent the last several weeks ending streaks of futility, the division losing streak, the road losing streak and then starting a road winning streak. This week the Lions have the opportunity to beat the Vikings for the first time since 2007 and have their first four game winning streak since 1999. The […]

The Vikings played all their cards right in New Orleans on Monday night, pulling out a wild 30-27 win. Today at home vs the lowly Lions, the team needed all they get and more just to pull out a 12-10 win. Breathing a sigh of relief after Ryan Longwell’s game-winning kick from 26 yards sailed […]

Coming off a whirlwind win over the Saints on Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings are back at home Sunday as they play host to the awful 0-4 Detroit Lions in a NFC North battle. The Lions are coming off a 34-7 loss at home to the Bears, and the questions in the post game were […]